Table 1

Performance metric comparison for starch- and LC-bioethanol life-cycles


Metrics



GWP
Energy efficiency
Land productivity
Cost

Technology
kgCO2 GJF-1
MJPEI MJF-1
GJ ha-1 year-1
£2006 GJ-1

Starch
81
0.79
58
14.97
Lignocellulosic
11
0.1
94.5
8.41

Source
[5]
[5]
[29]
[30]

Dunnett et al. Biotechnology for Biofuels 2008 1:13   doi:10.1186/1754-6834-1-13